"Invitational" has meaning to SO participants - it distinguishes our contest from official SO regional,state, and national events. It might not sound right to us, but it is familiar to them.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Ken Achee <ken@...> wrote:
>
> If it was me, I'd quit calling it the SO Invitational and start calling it
> the USIC SO Open. But what do I know?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Carl Bakay <carl.bakay_at_...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Last year Tom Sanders put out the word with an announcement on the SO
> > website, and this was the extent of the invitational. We went out of our way
> > to keek it from being elitist.
> >
> > I think the turnout of young people like Kang, Elizabeth He, and Katie
> > Bosman was great. I was not privy to positive or negative feedback.
> >
> > Carl Bakay
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill,
> > I was thinking this would be conducted the same way that the Wright
> > Stuff events were done using the word the same way it was used then. I've
> > been trying to find out just who did the "inviting" and how it was
> > published. I kind of thought the same folks who invited Wright Stuff
> > participants would follow suit with Helicopter but I wasn't involved heavily
> > in the Wright Stuff events, in fact this will be my first USIC in several
> > years. So basically I'm just trying to get discussions rolling on the topic
> > and hopefully more knowledgeable people will chime in. Looks like it's
> > working.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_...>
> > *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Thu, February 24, 2011 9:40:51 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion Groups
> >
> >
> >
> > Exactly what do you mean with the term "invitational"?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Bill Carney <wcarneyjx_at_...>
> > *To:* <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:17 AM
> > *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Science Olympiad Discussion Groups
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey Gang,
> > Below is a link to the Science Olympiad Student Center Forum. This is a
> > good place to follow what's happening in Science Olympiad and to help with
> > with questions kids and coaches are asking especially with the Helicopter
> > Event. I will organizing the Science Olympiad Helicopter invitational at
> > USIC this year and could use all the help I can get in promoting discussions
> > on the topic and besides that the kids could really use the help of
> > experienced modelers with their designs and flight problems.
> >
> > Bill Carney
> >
> > <http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php>http://scioly.org/phpBB3/index.php
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on Thu Feb 24 2011 - 20:47:40 CET